Blog #4

            It is interesting and not surprising to see that out of all commercial ties in the early modern era, the Atlantic Slave trade had the most enduring human consequences. It is sad to hear that millions of African societies were affected by such inhuman acts. More 14.4 percent of the slaves died during the transatlantic crossing and it gets me wondering why. Did the salves kill themselves or were they were they treated so harshly that they ended up dying? I feel and I’m pretty sure anyone would agree that slavery wasn’t necessary. The only reason why they even thought about such inhumanity was because Europeans were just too lazy to do the work themselves. It is not surprising to hear Europeans are benefiting from others inventions and creating and trading it for themselves. Europe established sugar-producing plantations just like they created their own silk during the trade routes in the Silk Road. It is disgusting read that Europeans would try to justify their action involving salve trade. Europeans often would try to justify their actions using religion. Salves were treated in humanly and terribly. It is sad that only in rare cases; slaves were freed and given the opportunity to live a normal life.

 Sorry for just blogging, I just realized I’ve been blogging in different blogs and not in the one you have.